Book Review: “Control Point” by Myke Cole

From the very first page, Myke Cole feasts us with a gripping internal conflict that makes us care about the protagonist, Oscar Britton.

Should he kill the innocent Latents? Should he run away from the army? Is Army the bad guy? Are Probes the bad guys? Is SOC doing some bad for greater good? Or does its madness outweigh the goodness!

Oscar Britton juggles between these internal opinions and struggles to come up with a morally gratifying way of doing things. This is what makes him so interesting… so… real?

Magical action.

The magic system is simply awesome. And the action sequences, very Hollywood-esque. I say that in a good way. It’s very fantastical and at the same time very much believable. Myke’s military background definitely helps the cause.

I felt like I was playing a Delta Force console but instead of guns I had sorcery.

A time well spent.

To confess, I’m not much into (modern-day) military/war stories. But a (perfect) blend of military story and sorcery was a real treat and Control Point hooked me up from the very first page. Okay, may be not from the first page… but from the page where Britton goes latent.